wow Character Stat Customization: Enchanting, Gemming, and Food

[Twintop 45]

With the removal of reforging in patch 6.0.2 and the reduction of available gem sockets on level 91+ gear in Warlords, customizing what stats are most predominant on your gear has become both more streamlined and limited. Rather than having the ability to micromanage your stats on a piece-by-piece basis, you are now limited to three distinct ways of choosing what secondary stats are most valuable to you: enchants, gems, and food.

---

Enchants

The easiest way to customize your gear in Warlords is through Enchanting. Unlike previous expansions where nearly every piece of gear was able to have enchants (or other profession equivalents), in Warlords there are only 4 gear slots that will accept enchants: Neck, Back, Rings, and Weapons. Each of these gear slots have enchants that increase the secondary stat of your choice, rather than a mix of primary and secondary stats.

Neck, Cloak, and Ring enchants come in two variants: a less expensive version ("Breath of") with fewer stats that costs 1xLuminous Shard and gives fewer stats or lacks a secondary effect (run speed for Cloaks), and a more expensive version ("Gift of") that costs 4xTemporal Crystal plus 3xSorcerous Air, 3xSorcerous Earth, 3xSorcerous Fire, or 3xSorcerous Water.
 

Neck Enchants

Stat	+40 (Inexpensive)	+75 (Expensive)
Critical Strike	Breath of Critical Strike	Gift of Critical Strike
Haste	Breath of Haste	Gift of Haste
Mastery	Breath of Mastery	Gift of Mastery
Multistrike	Breath of Multistrike	Gift of Multistrike
Versatility	Breath of Versatility	Gift of Versatility

Cloak Enchants

Stat	+100 (Inexpensive)	+100 and +10% Movement Speed (Expensive)
Critical Strike	Breath of Critical Strike	Gift of Critical Strike
Haste	Breath of Haste	Gift of Haste
Mastery	Breath of Mastery	Gift of Mastery
Multistrike	Breath of Multistrike	Gift of Multistrike
Versatility	Breath of Versatility	Gift of Versatility

Ring Enchants

Stat	+30 (Inexpensive)	+50 (Expensive)
Critical Strike	Breath of Critical Strike	Gift of Critical Strike
Haste	Breath of Haste	Gift of Haste
Mastery	Breath of Mastery	Gift of Mastery
Multistrike	Breath of Multistrike	Gift of Multistrike
Versatility	Breath of Versatility	Gift of Versatility

Weapon Enchants

Weapon enchants in Warlords each offer a unique secondary stat proc or places a bleed on your target. Unlike the Neck, Cloak, and Ring enchants listed above, these enchants only have one strength each and cost 15xTemporal Crystal plus 10xSorcerous Air, 10xSorcerous Earth, 10xSorcerous Fire, or 10xSorcerous Water. The one exception to this is Mark of the Shattered Hand which costs only 1xTemporal Crystal but does not grant any secondary stats.
 

Stat	Enchant	Notes
Bonus Armor	Mark of Blackrock	30% Proc Chance, 40 second ICD
Critical Strike	Mark of the Thunderlord	2.5 RPPM; while active, critical heals and attacks extend the duration by 2 seconds, up to 3 times
Damage + Bleed	Mark of the Shattered Hand	3.5*Haste RPPM
Haste	Mark of Warsong	1.15 RPPM; 1 stack is lost every 2 seconds
Mastery	Mark of Bleeding Hollow	2.3 RPPM
Multistrike	Mark of the Frostwolf	3.0 RPPM; can stack up to 2 times
Spirit	Mark of Shadowmoon	25% Proc Chance on Damage or Heal, 40 second ICD

Gems

The next, albeit less predictable, method to customizing your character's secondary stats comes in the form of gems. Gem sockets are no longer guaranteed and instead are randomly found on pieces of gear. Unlike in previous expansions there are no longer gem socket colors, only prismatic sockets. Additionally, each gem color is tied to a specific secondary stat. Gems, just like Neck, Cloak, and Ring enchants above, come in two different variants:

The less expensive uncommon-quality that grants +35 of secondary stat or Stamina and costs 1xTaladite Crystal plus 5xFireweed, 5xFrostweed, 5xStarflower, 5xNagrand Arrowbloom, 5xTalador Orchid, or 5xGorgrond Flytrap.

The more expensive rare-quality that grants +50 of a secondary stat or Stamina costs 50xTaladite Crystal plus 10xSorcerous Air plus 5xFireweed, 5xFrostweed, 5xStarflower, 5xNagrand Arrowbloom, 5xTalador Orchid, or 5xGorgrond Flytrap.
 

Stat	+35 (Inexpensive)	+50 (Expensive)
Critical Strike	Critical Strike Taladite	Greater Critical Strike Taladite
Haste	Haste Taladite	Greater Haste Taladite
Mastery	Mastery Taladite	Greater Mastery Taladite
Multistrike	Multistrike Taladite	Greater Multistrike Taladite
Stamina	Stamina Taladite	Greater Stamina Taladite
Versatility	Versatility Taladite	Greater Versatility Taladite

Food

The third and final way of customizing your character's secondary stats is through food. Unlike in previous expansions where food gave a primary stat bonus, in Warlords food grants a specific secondary stat instead. With feasts your highest secondary stat is always choosen. As with enchants and gems above, food comes in two different variants:

The less expensive food grants +75 of a secondary stat or +112 Stamina. There are two different recipes for each stat. One set requires land-based components, either 5xRaw Boar Meat, 5xRaw Clefthoof Meat, 5xRaw Elekk Meat, 5xRaw Talbuk Meat, 5xRaw Riverbeast Meat, or 5xRylak Egg. The other requires fishing-based components, either 10xAbyssal Gulper Eel Flesh, 10xBlind Lake Sturgeon Flesh, 10xFat Sleeper Flesh, 10xFire Ammonite Tentacle, 10xJawless Skulker Flesh, or 10xSea Scorpion Segment.

There are two feast recipes available as well, Feast of Blood which requires 10x of each land-based component, or Feast of the Waters which requires 10x of each fishing-based component.

The more expensive food grants +100 of a secondary stat or +150 Stamina. Each of these require 5x of both versions of the less expensive food plus an herb, either 1xFireweed, 1xFrostweed, 1xGorgrond Flytrap, 1xNagrand Arrowbloom, 1xStarflower, or 1xTalador Orchid.

You can get +100 of a secondary stat or +150 Stamina from eating a Savage Feast. This is obtained by having a level 3 Barn in your Garrison and placing a work order on a trapped Wetland Trampler.

As of Patch 6.1, +125 secondary stat food is now available. Each of these consist of 6xCrescent Saberfish Flesh plus 12x of a specific fish flesh.

Stat	+50 (Inexpensive)	+100 (Expensive)	+125 (Very Expensive)
Critical Strike	Blackrock Ham Grilled Gulper	Blackrock Barbecue	Pickled Eel
Haste	Pan-Seared Talbuk Sturgeon Stew	Frosty Stew	Buttered Sturgeon
Mastery	Braised Riverbeast Fat Sleeper Cakes	Sleeper Surprise	Sleeper Sushi
Multistrike	Rylak Crepes Fiery Calamari	Calamari Crepes	Salty Squid Roll
Stamina (+112/+150/+125)	Hearty Elekk Steak Steamed Scorpion	Talador Surf and Turf	Whiptail Fillet
Versatility	Clefthoof Sausages Skulker Chowder	Gorgrond Chowder	Jumbo Sea Dog
Feast (Best Stat)	Feast of Blood Feast of the Waters	Savage Feast

[JvChequer 43]

http://wod.wowhead.com/item=118576

 

From Barn lvl 2

 

 

And about flasks?

Edited October 22, 2014 by JvChequer

[SkuulzonVelen 2]

This is going to make enchanting a bear again.  

 

I'll be there when it goes live next week, but seems like they are making enchanting hard again.

 

Not so much about the limitations, but I bet gathering mats is going to suck.  Reminds me of Burning Crusade.  Looks like we are going to have BC 2.0 . . .

Edited November 5, 2014 by SkuulzonVelen

[Twintop 45]

Thanks for pointing that out, JvChequer!

 

Flasks weren't included as they are only available as primary stats. Earlier in beta they were granting secondary stats, but the devs did not like players having quite *that much* control over their secondaries. I may add them (flasks, and maybe potions?) to this post so that it becomes a one-stop-consumables-shop, so to speak, as it is related.

[Twintop 45]

Updated to include the new 6.1 +125 stat food.